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Irish Coins for Numismatists, Collectors, and Archaeologists
Irish Coinage
This site first appeared on the World Wide Web on 16/Aug/1994 making it one of the oldest coin sites on the Web. I was leading a UNIX support team at the time and was interested in learning HTML soon after it was first developed. I had also just taken the first scans of my coin collection which gave me material for my first HTML trials. Since then the site has grown considerably with currently over 150 separate pages some of which are very extensive and over 300 images between the in-line images and the high resolution series. In total the site takes about 500 pages of paper to print it out (I haven’t tried it all together!) making it a larger reference source of material on Irish coinage than many printed reference books.
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Same Date, Different Type Coins, Part II
PCGS
Last time, we looked at four occurrences of a mid-year changeover in a coin type during the 20th century in the copper, nickel and silver series. Someone pointed out that I did not include the 1913 Liberty/Buffalo transition. The 1913 Liberty nickels were not authorized issues, and including them in the official “set” would make it a rather difficult project for the average collector to undertake with any reasonable expectation of completing it. Today, we’ll finish the 20th century examples, and then begin looking at the seven instances of a mid-year changeover in circulating American coinage that occurred in the 19th century.
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French Mint Unveils Gold Coin Plans
World Gold Council
The Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, has announced plans to produce two new one-kilogram gold coins, as well as a pair of ten-ounce gold designs, for its 2010 collectors’ range. One of the one-kilogram specimens is part of a series celebrating world landmarks. Following on from previous designs covering the Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon and the Kremlin, the new €5,000 coin will feature the Taj Mahal. The depiction of the building’s famous dome will be set with diamonds and only 29 of the coins will be struck.
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U.S. Mint Product Schedule and Price Updates
Mint News Blog
Following the release of the Abigail Fillmore coins and medal, the next product will be the 2010 Boy Scouts Silver Dollar. The release date had previously been known as March 23, 2010 and the pricing had been separately published. I will have a full post on the coins next week, leading into the release. On March 26, 2010, the Presidential Dollar Coin and First Spouse Medal Set featuring Millard and Abigail Fillmore will be released. This will be the first product released for the year, which contains a satin finish coin. Until recently, there had been a persistent rumor that the finish would no longer be used. Pricing for the product has not yet been announced, but based on the $2 increase for the individual Abigail Fillmore medal, I think the set price may also creep higher.
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Collecting Short Sets Avoids Pricey Rarities
Numismaster
Once upon a time, there was a new collector who discovered Morgan silver dollars. She loved the Liberty head on the obverse and the proud eagle on the reverse. She liked the fact that these coins were made of 90 percent silver, were used as real money, and had a heft and a weight that impressed her. This lovely old coin was so different from the modern coins she saw in change every day. But then, the new collector learned more about this series. She found that this coin was made from 1878 to 1904, and again in 1921. She saw the many different mintmarked coins and noticed the prices on a few of these coins, particularly Carson City issues, were priced out of her budget. And she wondered how long it would take to locate one of each date and mintmark in the condition of her choice.
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Review of An Ultimate Coins Game for the iPhone
Coin Collector’s Blog
Somewhere in my travels across the Internets, I found out about the iPhone game An Ultimate Coins Game by Flavio Passa, an Argentina-based developer. It seemed like a cute concept, a matching-like game based on coins. So the numismatist and iPhone time waster in me thought the 99-cents price tag was a reasonable price to give the game a try. Starting the program yielded two issues: Sound effects cannot be controlled or muted within the program and the instructions are sparse and must be read on the programmer’s time frame. Beginning with the sound effects, the noises are not optional. Sounds cannot be turned off and the only way to control the volume is using the iPhone’s volume.
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About the Author
Tim Shuck is a life-long Midwestern resident, and started collecting coins after finding an Indian Head cent on the ground at his childhood farm home. Additional encouragement came from looking through a collection of well-worn late 19th and early 20th century coins kept by his grandfather in an old leather coin purse. Current collecting interests include U.S. types from the Civil War era through the early 1930's, and Colonial and Early American coins.
